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A man was seriously injured in a one-car crash on Silver Lane early Thursday, police said.

Police said the man was driving a Honda Odyssey minivan about 1:20 a.m. when it left the road and struck a utility pole on the south side of Silver Lane, west of Mercer Avenue.

The driver was transported to Hartford Hospital, and the department's accident reconstruction team was called to investigate, said department spokesman Officer Hugo Benettieri.

NORWALK

Man Sought For Craigslist Posting

Police are searching for a 38-year-old man who allegedly posted a Norwalk woman's personal information in fake online personal ads last year.

Police have an arrest warrant charging Jonathan Medina with two counts each of second-degree harassment and first-degree computer crimes.

Police believe Medina has left the state. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the Norwalk Police Tipline at 203-854-3111.

The victim went to Norwalk police in December, saying personal ads in her name had been posted without her consent on Internet sites, including craigslist, police said. She received multiple unwanted phone calls from men and an unwanted male visitor as a result, police said.

A thorough investigation by the Norwalk Police Department's Patrol Division and Detective Bureau led to Medina, police said.

COLUMBIA

Motorcyclist Seriously Injured

Police are investigating a crash on Route 6 Wednesday in which a motorcyclist was seriously injured.

The accident happened shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday, when a motorcycle operated by Joseph Scrivano, 52, of Lebanon, struck the back of a Honda Pilot sport utility vehicle.

Police said Scrivano, who wasn't wearing a helmet, had a serious head injury. An ambulance took him to Windham Hospital, and he was airlifted to Hartford Hospital, police said.

He was in critical condition Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

The occupants of the Honda, Gary and Ellen Marinelli of Columbia, were not injured, said state police from the Troop K barracks in Colchester.

HAMDEN

Police: Man Died In Arson Attempt

A man who was fatally injured at the scene of a weekend car fire on Grandview Avenue had been trying to firebomb a house there, police said.

Michael Rhodes, 46, was found face down in the street next to a burning Ford Explorer outside 208 Grandview Ave. late Sunday, police said. Firefighters extinguished the fire, and paramedics said Rhodes was dead.

The investigation revealed that Rhodes had arrived at 208 Grandview to firebomb the house where his ex-girlfriend lives, police said. Two sections of the home were charred, they said.

Earlier in the day, the woman called police and said Rhodes had been making harassing phone calls to her, police said.

The woman's friend told police that Rhodes called her, too, police said. He told her that her friend "would not see Mother's Day."